Did you know that in absolute terms, India has the largest shortage of blood globally? A global study published in The Lancet in October 2019, estimates that India has the largest absolute shortage of blood units among all countries in the world. This study claims the shortage to be close to almost 41 million units in 2017, much higher than the official shortfall statistics, estimated at 1.9 million units of blood. The shortage of blood is exacerbated by the fact that almost 10-11% of Read more..

Doctors are under tremendous strain in these times of COVID 19. We have seen incredible dedication, great leadership and even true bravery of healthcare professionals working long hours, sometimes even without adequate Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) as they continued to administer to the sick and comfort the distressed and dying during the first wave of this Pandemic. We have also seen increasing levels of stress amongst the healthcare fraternity, some understandably associated with Read more..

Technology is taking a step forward and ensuring that innovative solutions empower healthcare practitioners, providing them with armour against contamination. The medical aid providers have put their trust in technology as they continue to work at ground zero, amidst an epidemic currently affecting the globe. Healthcare providers are in the high-risk zone. Daily interactions with dozens of patients, coupled with the stressful atmosphere at work, increase their probability of medical Read more..

Have you ever imagined your body without blood? Possibly not, because of the number of functions that blood plays which is central to your survival. Globally, millions of lives are lost each year due to chronic blood shortages. The mounting surgical and trauma burden coupled with high prevalence of blood disorders and communicable diseases, has resulted in an increased need and prioritization for effective and well-functioning blood systems across the world. Given the undeniable importance of Read more..

Years from now, when we reflect on this period, Covid-19 will be classed (or at the very least compared) with the biblical plagues. This tiny, invisible virus has shaken the world and exposed the gaps in healthcare systems worldwide. This disease has affected more than 2 million people worldwide and claimed close to 200 thousand lives so far. While governments are doing their best to flatten the curve, many experts say we havent seen the worst yet. Enforced isolation and an incessant tsunami Read more..

The COVID-19 outbreak needs us to change who we are fundamentally, how we interact with this new world outdoors and carry out our day to day lives. This requires us to reconsider how we fit into the world, waiting outside our literal and proverbial doors. As a practitioner for the indoor air quality industry, I'd implore our decision makers to rethink not just our outdoor spaces, with the requirements in place for appropriate social distancing, let's also think about our indoor environment. Read more..

The last few years, India has committed towards fostering an innovation culture and the COVID 19 crisis could prove as an opportunity to focus on creating a scientific temperament that promotes research in the healthcare sector. According to the Global Innovation Index 2019, India is the 52nd most innovative country in the world. India has the capability, the capacity, and the talent pool required to become a powerhouse of innovation. The Government has also immensely helped in nurturing Read more..

Public healthcare, in the last decade, has been a low priority for India with just 1.29% of the countrys GDP in 2019-20 spent on healthcare. Contrast this with the global average of 6%. In fact, Indias public expenditure on health as a percentage of the GDP is far lower than countries classified as the poorest in the world, as admitted by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Ironically, we are the same country that is known for our success in eradicating small-pox and polio through Read more..

People living with Haemophilia (PWH), a rare genetic disorder that affects the blood's ability to clot normally, can face extreme challenges under the current lockdown, if proper care and measures are not taken. In India, the number of registered patients is around 21,000 and counting but the registered patients are about 10% of the total expected patients of Hemophilia. The quality of care and treatment of haemophilia in India has seen significant progress over the last few years. PWH who have Read more..

The ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to reverberate globally well into its fifth month. In its tragically destructive trail lies nearly a million cases and 50,000 deaths in 180 countries. The human impact physical, psychological and social of the pandemic is only just being assessed and the true cost of this great human tragedy will take years, if not decades, to fully quantify. Amongst the various scenarios that were posed in the early stages of the outbreak some cheery, some very Read more..

COVID 19 has triggered off a health pandemic and an economic pandemic that threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of Indians. The growing number of cases and the rising death toll in the country have forced India to take a number of steps to deal with the health crisis - from imposing a travel ban and ensuring airport screening, quarantining, building public awareness on social distancing, contact tracing to a complete three-week lockdown. The recently announced economic relief packages Read more..

For too long, hospitals, medical centers and doctors clinics have had a reputation forbeing cold utilitarian places that make their visitors feel uneasy. This image of a sterile,largely mechanical environmentsardonically known as clinicaloften contributes tomore than just a feeling of foreboding when visiting a healthcare facility. The less-than-pleasant environment may cause a lot of stress for patients and may make themhesitant to enter. Rethinking this paradigmcan offer more than just a Read more..

Today, we dont need a terrorist with bombs and bullets to paralyse a system, all we need is a bunch of people - coughing, walking and talking like any normal human being and roaming around freely! To site an example, recently, a state secretary to the West Bengal government, managed to paralyse the whole state machinery by the simple act of walking around and meeting the top government officials in the state secretariat. The West Bengal, Chief Minister, Ms. Mamta Banerjee was also present in Read more..

The seeds of coronavirus epidemic were sown in global supply from China the ground zero for manufacturing - but the curbs have led to disruptions in how healthcare providers are procuring and managing inventory of necessary medical equipment to combat the virus. At a time like this when India has also banned the export of essential drugs it is important to maintain a conducive environment for healthcare imports. Especially imported medical devices which formulate 80 percent of the Indian Read more..

India legalized abortion in 1971 with the passage of the MTP Act, a law considered much ahead of its time. However, it is obsolete now given the societal changes and advancements in preconception diagnostics, fetal screening and abortion technologies. The current amendments address some of these they now allow unmarried women to seek safe abortion services on grounds of contraceptive failure and re-emphasize maintaining confidentiality for all women undergoing termination of pregnancy, Read more..

The world is going through the second epidemiological transition. In the first transition, Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) overtook communicable diseases, and now, cancer is soon going to overtake other NCDs. Recent study by Lancet Medical Journal, cancer has overtaken cardiovascular diseases in higher income group countries. And in the next two decades, middle income and lower-middle-income countries will undergo through this second epidemiological transition. Incidentally, the rates of Read more..

Medical Value Travel is gaining strategic importance given its ability to create employment, encourage cultural exchanges, improve positioning of the country by projecting its soft power and earn foreign exchange for respective countries. With the advent of globalization and the emergence of the culture of consumerism, there is increasing tendency among people to travel in search of better quality andaffordable healthcareoptions, availability of the latest medical technologies and Read more..

The World Health Organization South-East Asia has urged countries in the Region to remain vigilant and strengthen readiness to rapidly detect any case of importation of the new coronavirus and prevent its spread.It is time to focus all efforts on readiness guided by whatever is known about the new coronavirus, said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region.As in the case of any new virus, much remains to be understood, the Regional Director said, adding that Read more..

The government of the National Capital Region has done a commendable job by opening many primary health care centres across the capital called Mohalla Clinics. Patients are reporting satisfaction with the quality of care, hygiene and accuracy of pathological testing done at these clinics. These clinics have received compliments from figures of international prominence. However, alternative systems of medicine have been completely ignored in the Mohalla Clinic plan. The entire gamut of Read more..

Kota, in a way, is symptomatic of the deep rut our successive governments have put our country into. They have seceded ground completely in the fields of education and healthcare. Kota is choc-a-bloc with private institutions boasting world class teachers that guarantee admission into arguably the toughest entrance exam in the world, but lacks woefully in primary schools. The healthcare scenario is no different. ANational Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) team that visited the Read more..

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When the blood reaches these curves, it makes changes to its fluid mechanics and interactions with the vessel wall. In a healthy person, these changes are in harmony with the tortuous microenvironment, but when diseased, these environments could lead to very complex flow conditions that activate proteins and cells that eventually lead to blood clots.